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South Heart, North Dakota - 3 schools
An equity score of 25/100 ranks South Heart 9 #94 of 101 districts in North Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,168 per pupil, South Heart 9 ranks #130 of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (North Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
406
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,168
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
South Heart 9 operates 3 public schools serving 406 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Stark County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,168 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 168 North Dakota districts by per-pupil spending. See how North Dakota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 46.5% local, 44.8% state, and 8.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 25/100, ranked #94 of 101 in North Dakota against a state average of 51, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 337.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.3% White, 1.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
South Heart Elementary School accounts for 57.9% of all South Heart 9 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of South Heart 9 a distant remainder — means South Heart 9-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
South Heart 9 school enrollment varies 37× across entities
South Heart 9 school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 257 students (highest), a spread of 250 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
South Heart 9 student-counselor ratio is 338:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within South Heart 9 is typically wider than the South Heart 9-aggregate figure suggests.
South Heart 9 chronic absenteeism rate is 17.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within South Heart 9 is typically wider than the South Heart 9-aggregate figure suggests.